Introductory presentations were made by: Valli Moosa, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism of South Africa; Christina Amoako Nuama, Former Minister for Lands and Forestry, Education, Environment, Science and Technology of Ghana; Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; William Jackson, Assistant Director-General and Director of the Global Programme, World Conservation Union (IUCN); and George McGovern, former Senator and former United States Ambassador to FAO and WFP in Rome.
Nitin Desai, Secretario General Adjunto de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales; el Sr. William Jackson, Director General Auxiliar y Director del Programa Mundial de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza y de los Recursos Naturales -Unión Mundial para la Naturaleza (UICN); y el Sr. George McGovern, ex Senador y ex Embajador de los Estados Unidos de América ante la FAO y el PMA en Roma.